The Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1985 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, is hereby adopted by reference subject to the amendments to the code as set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 402 § 1 (part), 1986)

A. Board of Appeals. Section 205 of the code is amended as follows:
(1) The words “and who are not employees of the jurisdiction” are deleted from Section 205 of the code.
(2) There is added to the end of Section 205 of the code the following language: “Until a Board of Appeals has been constituted and is functional as required under Section 205 of the Code, the City Council shall perform the duties and functions of the Board of Appeals.”
B. Housing Code. Any reference to the “Housing Code” which is the Uniform Housing Code promulgated by the International Conference of Building Officials is deleted in its entirety.
C. Recordation of Notice and Order. The words “office of the county recorder” in the first sentence of Section 402 of the code shall be replaced with the following language: “Kenai District Recorder’s Office.”
D. Reporting. The first sentence of Section 601(C) of the code, which requires phonographic reports of hearing appeals, is deleted.
E. Failure to Commence Work. Section 701(C) of the code is amended by the addition of the following subsections 4 and 5 as follows:

4. Prior to the time of demolition, the Building Official has the authority to enter the dangerous building to make an inspection for any personal property of value that may be abandoned on the premises. If such property is discovered, an inventory shall be taken and the final notice of demolition to the record owner of the dangerous building shall include the inventory and a request that the owner remove such property before demolition. This notice shall also state that if the owner fails to remove the discovered property prior to the demolition, the owner may redeem said property only under conditions set forth below.

5. At the time of demolition, the demolition contractor has the authority to remove the inventoried abandoned property from the premises and store same safely. The record owner of the demolished property may, within 30 days after the date of demolition, redeem the stored property upon the payment of a reasonable storage fee to the demolition contractor. If the record owner of the demolished building fails to redeem the stored property, it shall become the property of the demolition contractor who shall have no recourse against the record owner of the demolished building or the municipality for any storage charges.

F. Costs. Section 801(b) is amended to read as follows:

“The cost of such work shall be paid from the General Fund and shall be made a personal obligation of the property owner.”

G. Responsibility for Payment and Enforcement. Section 802 of the code is deleted in its entirety and, in lieu thereof, replaced with the following: “The responsibility for payment of the charges for abatement as set forth in this chapter shall rest solely upon the owner(s) of the property upon which the abatement occurred. The City shall have the right to bring suit for the collection of charges for abatement as set forth in this Chapter plus costs and attorneys’ fees against any or all of the parties responsible for payment.”
H. Recovery of Cost of Repair or Demolition. Chapter 9 of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings (Sections 901 through 912) is repealed in its entirety. Sections 15.24.030 and 15.24.040 of this chapter are substituted for Chapter 9. (Ord. 402 § 1 (part), 1986).

A. The building official shall cause to be kept an account of the costs, including incidental expenses, incurred by the city in the repair or demolition of any building done pursuant to the provisions of Section 701 (c) (3) of the uniform code. Upon completion of the work of repair or demolition, the building official shall forward a bill for collection to the record owner, specifying the nature and costs of the work performed.
B. The term “incidental expenses” shall include, but not be limited to, the actual expenses and cost to the city in the preparation of notices, specifications and contracts, overhead for force account work, work inspection, interest from the date of completion at the rate prescribed by law for delinquent real property taxes, and the costs of printing and mailing notices required hereunder. (Ord. 402 § 1 (part), 1986)

When charges for the repair or demolition of any building done pursuant to the provisions of Section 701(c)(3) of the uniform code remain unpaid after thirty days from the date the building official forwards a bill for collection to the record owner, the attorney for the city shall collect same on behalf of the city, by use of appropriate legal remedies. (Ord. 402 § 1 (part), 1986).